The form of Charlie Daniels was a bit indifferent at the start of the season, but he is picking up plenty of favourable comments now. He certainly made a lightening start to his game against Hull City and it carried his performance on through the 90 minutes.
The technique Charlie showed to keep the ball down and hammer such a fierce volley into the net for the opening goal against Hull City was no mean feat. The ball swerved viscously past the man on the line and was hit so powerfully that it even put energy into many of the fans' celebrations of the goal. AFCB were off and running and we could all settle back to see what lead the Cherries could get by half time having made a cracking start.
Daniels has been finding his way into the box and he hits such a powerful shot that he always is a good bet to score if he can find the target. But it was another aspect of his familiar game that stood out for me. The final goal that was created by Charlie for Dan Gosling was a superb run. He picked up the ball, like he had against Newcastle in the away game last season, and simply decided he was going to run right through the Hull defenders. He made them all look flat-footed and he steered his way past two or three defenders very quickly, which sent panic waves through the Tiger's defence. That in itself drew more players towards him and left a good deal of space around Dan Gosling who had only just come on. Dan's strike was equally good and well directed, but much of the goal was down to Charlie Daniels sudden injection of pace and his unlocking of the Hull City defence.
This was Charlie Daniels' best performance of the season so far. He has perhaps had some of the most criticism this season of the AFCB players, but he has reacted well and to keep Tyrone Mings and Brad Smith (now injured) out of the team is going to be tough this season so he needed that boost in his performance levels.
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| Charlie Daniels gets his goal scoring off the mark with a volley against Hull City. |
Daniels has been finding his way into the box and he hits such a powerful shot that he always is a good bet to score if he can find the target. But it was another aspect of his familiar game that stood out for me. The final goal that was created by Charlie for Dan Gosling was a superb run. He picked up the ball, like he had against Newcastle in the away game last season, and simply decided he was going to run right through the Hull defenders. He made them all look flat-footed and he steered his way past two or three defenders very quickly, which sent panic waves through the Tiger's defence. That in itself drew more players towards him and left a good deal of space around Dan Gosling who had only just come on. Dan's strike was equally good and well directed, but much of the goal was down to Charlie Daniels sudden injection of pace and his unlocking of the Hull City defence.
